"A cashless Europe? The problem is that most people are against it"
Yves Mersch (member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank): /"If Europe were to abolish cash, it would cut off people’s only direct link to central-bank money. In a democracy, such a link helps to foster public acceptance of central-bank independence, by reinforcing the trust and support of the people in the conduct of effective monetary policymaking.// // //The ECB will continue to provide banknotes. We will also facilitate the further development of an integrated, innovative, and competitive market for retail payment solutions in the eurozone. If, one day, cash is replaced by electronic means of payment, that decision should reflect the will of the people, not the force of lobby groups."// / Articolo completo: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/going-cashless-heres-why-it-wouldnt-w...
Apart from the issues mentioned in the article, creating a cashless society would be the ultimate step, after making impossible to communicate and to travel anonymously, leading to a de facto totalitarian regime. In my action in solidarity with young minors refugees, I was able to experience directly how, today, someone who is denied its fundamental rights recognized by law has no chance to ever find a way to challenge this denial if s/he cannot: 1. communicate anonymously, i.e. at least have access to a SIM card and the related subscription without providing an ID, 2. travel anonymously in particular by long distance train, i.e. buy a ticket which is anonymous and not connected to an identity 3. get money through solidarity and spend it as cash. The first two conditions are at severe risk. For instance in France one of the 2 companies providing pay mobile phones no longer accept to do it without a proof of id, and SNCF is fast moving to eliminate anonymous tickets. Eliminating cash would be the ultimate and fatal blow. Philippe e 25/05/2017 à 15:01, J.C. DE MARTIN a écrit :
Yves Mersch (member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank):
/"If Europe were to abolish cash, it would cut off people’s only direct link to central-bank money. In a democracy, such a link helps to foster public acceptance of central-bank independence, by reinforcing the trust and support of the people in the conduct of effective monetary policymaking.// // //The ECB will continue to provide banknotes. We will also facilitate the further development of an integrated, innovative, and competitive market for retail payment solutions in the eurozone. If, one day, cash is replaced by electronic means of payment, that decision should reflect the will of the people, not the force of lobby groups."// /
Articolo completo: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/going-cashless-heres-why-it-wouldnt-w...
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A questo proposito: ben fatta l'infografica di visualcapitalist.com <http://www.visualcapitalist.com/global-war-cash/> ciao, A On 25/05/2017 15:01, J.C. DE MARTIN wrote:
Yves Mersch (member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank):
/"If Europe were to abolish cash, it would cut off people’s only direct link to central-bank money. In a democracy, such a link helps to foster public acceptance of central-bank independence, by reinforcing the trust and support of the people in the conduct of effective monetary policymaking.// // //The ECB will continue to provide banknotes. We will also facilitate the further development of an integrated, innovative, and competitive market for retail payment solutions in the eurozone. If, one day, cash is replaced by electronic means of payment, that decision should reflect the will of the people, not the force of lobby groups."// /
Articolo completo: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/going-cashless-heres-why-it-wouldnt-w...
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Philippe Aigrain